Saracens

Saracens: Islam in the Medieval European Imagination Tolan John V. Wydawca: Columbia University Press Data wydania: 2002 ISBN: 9780231123334 Liczba stron: 400 Format: 225 x 145 x 22 Rodzaj oprawy: Paperback / softback Opis produktu: Medieval Christian writers distorted the teachings of Islam and caricatured its believers in a variety of ways. What ideological purposes did these offensive portrayals serve? This book provides a comprehensive study of Christian polemical responses to Islam in the Middle Ages.